2010
Each panel is 24” h. x 36” w. x 2.75” d (diptych)
Collage, Chinese ink prints from a sockeye, plaster castings of bear tracks, oil paint on panel
$6,200.00 CAN (Shipping within Canada and packaging included) International shipping extra.
The Three Bears not only examines the relationship between the black bear and the Fraser River sockeye, but also questions the absence of 9 million sockeye salmon in 2009. Salmon are the foundation for coastal ecosystems and are important to the black bear for a nutritionally balanced diet, to reproduce and survive. One theory suggests the lack of sockeye is due to the introduction of Atlantic salmon to the Pacific Northwest by Norwegian fish farmers. The farms appear to be causing a high incidence of parasites and disease within their geographic location. These unnatural occurrences indirectly affect the young sockeye, who pass by on their journey north.
Resources:
Morton, Alexandra. “Salmon Are Sacred, The Get Out Migration.” Agi Hall, Gabriola Island, BC Canada
May 4, 2010.
Woolley, Pieta. “Sea lice from fish farms threaten Fraser River Sockeye.” Michael Price, Conservation Biologist, Raincoast Conservation Foundation. (March 23, 2009). www.raincoast.org/projects/wild-salmon/; www.straight.com/article-209070/sea-lice-fish-farms-threaten-fraser-river-sockeye-biologist
Raincoast Conservation Foundation. www.raincoast.org/projects/wild-salmon/.
